Theater - The Temple News

Jasmine Villaroel is a partial swing in the Broadway musical, which begins previews on Friday.

The production, featuring former Temple student Maggie Lakis alongside her husband Rob McClure, will run at the Academy of Music from Feb 6-18.

Temple Theaters will produce Jenny Stafford’s Eleanor and Dolly from Sept. 14 to 24.

Students, directors are grateful to perform live after a year and a half of Zoom performances.

The cast used Zoom breakout rooms to perform their show, which had been cancelled in-person due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many Temple alumni have launched their careers in production after performing in Broadway musicals.

Ross Beschler plays a passionate journalist in a play by The Wilma Theater

Danielle Coates character in a Philadelphia Young Playwrights performance explores coping with life after a school shooting

Shafiq Hicks, a junior vocal performance major, plays “Tom Collins” in the award-winning musical.

Christine Emmert wrote and starred in “Fragments from a Witches’ Journal,” a performance about a woman’s nonconformity to society.